Live (Playing the Fool) / Civilian

by Gentle Giant

Live (Playing the Fool) / Civilian cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1999-01-01
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:51:08
  • Community rating: 3.81/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: John Weathers, Gary Green, Derek Shulman, Ray Shulman

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A pairing of Gentle Giant's live album 'Playing the Fool', recorded on their 1976 American tour, with 'Civilian', their final studio album of 1980. The two records frame the band's movement from medieval-tinged complexity toward a leaner rock sound.

Genres

Descriptors: uncommon-time-signatures, virtuosic, guitars, melodic, progressive

Tracklist

  1. (a) Just The Same / (b) Proclamation (11:17)
  2. On Reflection (6:27)
  3. Excerpts From 'Octopus' (15:39)
  4. Funny Wars (8:31)
  5. (a) The Runaway / (b) Experience (9:31)
  6. So Sincere (10:19)
  7. Free Hand (7:40)
  8. Sweet Georgia Brown (1:22)
  9. (a) Peel The Paint / (b) I Lost My Head (7:27)
  10. Convenience (Clean And Easy) (3:13)
  11. All Through The Night (4:23)
  12. Shadows On The Street (3:16)
  13. Number One (4:47)
  14. Underground (3:49)
  15. I Am A Camera (3:32)
  16. Inside Out (5:51)
  17. It's Not Imagination (4:04)

Credits

  • John Weathers - drums, backing vocals, drums, vibraphone [vibes], percussion [tambour], vocals, percussion

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